Toilet-paper cabinet.



No. 678,434. Patented July I6, mull H. LOEWENBACH. .TOILET PAPER CABINET.

(Application filed June 20, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO LOEWENBACH, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

TOILET-PAPER CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,434, dated July 16, 1901. Application filed June 20, 1899. Serial No. 721,190. (No model.)

To all whom, it n'bcty concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO LOEWENBACH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Paper Cabinets, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to improvements in toilet-paper cabinets.

- The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a form of cabinet in which the paper may be supported against a solid or rigid back plate, all devices for pressing the paper forwardly to the feeding mechanism being dispensed with, and, second, to provide a form of cabinet which can be manufactured at such small cost that it can be sold with each individual package of paper and destroyed when the package is exhausted. p

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional View drawn on line a; so of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear View of the friction-plate.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters throughout the several views.

The inclosin g cabinet or case A is provided I with a flexible front B and a suspensiontongue D, the latter being preferably perforated or slitted, as shown at d, for the insertion of a binding-screw O. The screw 0 is preferably provided with a washer E, between which and the point of support the tongue D may be clamped by tightening the screw.

Africtional paper-discharging device, preferably in the form of a plate F and provided on its bearing-surface with sandpaper G, is.

suspended in the interior of the cabinet by elastic cords H, which are preferably extended transversely of the cabinet and secured to the side walls or to the front B near the side walls, so that the friction-plate F may be easily moved both inwardly and downwardly in the rear of the front wall B. The front B of the cabinet is provided with a slot I, through which a friction-plate handle J projects in a position to be readily grasped by the user.

The package of paper K is inserted in the cabinet in the rear of the plate F and suspended therein by a binding-wire L, which is I age and then downwardly, when the friction of the plate pullsthe front sheet away from the binding and causes it to fall to the lower end of the cabinet. Thelower end of the cabinet is open, but stops M are provided to engage and detain the released sheets until taken by the user.

It will be observed that as the front of the cabinet is flexible and the plate F is also free to move inwardly from the front the friction device can be readily pushed against the paper and operated to discharge the sheets successively until the package is wholly exhausted. The front of the cabinet is of course supported entirely by the side walls, being unattached to either of the end walls, so that it can be readily pushed inwardly to the position illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The handle J is preferably also made flexible or otherwise arranged, so that it can be folded for convenience in making shipments.

It will be understood that the entire cabinet, with the friction-plate and handle therefor, may be made of cardboard, the only other material used in the construction of the de vice being the suspensory devices of the plate F and the sandpaper or other frictional substance on the bearing-surface of the plate F. The plate F is preferably suspended by means of rubber bands or cords H, which can be conveniently secured at the respective ends by engaging the same in a loop formed by a cardboard strip N, which is then pasted together and to the interior surface of the cabinet.

It is obvious that with the described construction the cabinets can be produced at an extremely low cost, so that I am enabled to provide a separate cabinet for each package of paper. The construction shown and described will therefore be found sufticiently durable for the purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is=

1. A toilet paper cabinet, comprising an inclosing cabinet or case, provided with a discharge-opening; ayielding front wall or cover,

provided with a slot; and a paper-dischar'ging device suspended by an elastic support in the rear of said slot.

2. A toilet-paper cabinet, comprising an inclosing cabinet or case, provided With a discharge-opening and having a slot in'the front wall or cover; and a paper-discharging device provided with a folding handle and suspended by flexible connection in the rear of said slot, and adapted to be moved inwardly and downwardly under pressure applied through said slot.

3. A toilet-paper cabinet, comprising an inclosing cabinet or case, provided with a discharge-opening, and having a yielding front wall or cover provided with a slot therein; and a paper-discharging device suspended in" the rear of said slot by flexible connectionsand adapted to move inwardly and down- \vardly-from the front Wall.

4. A toilet-paper cabinet, comprising an inclosing cabinet or case, provided with a. discharge-opening, and having a yielding front" wall or cover provided with a slot therein; an'da paper-dischargingdevice suspended in the rear of said slot by flexible connections and adapted to move inwardly and downwardly from the front wall; and a folding handle secured to said paper-discharging device, and adapted to project through said slot.

5. A toilet-paper cabinet, comprising an inclosing cabinet or case, provided with a discharge-opening and having a yielding front wall or cover, and a paper-discharging device suspended by flexible connections within the cabinet, and adapted to move inwardly and toward the discharge-opening, in combination with a toilet-paper package secured to th rear Wall of said cabinet.

iny hand this 17th dayof June, 1809.

HUGO LOEWENB'AGHQ Witnesses:

CLARA L. ROESCH, LEVERETT' 0. WHEELER.

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